Food Sovereignty Nepal_Tamang
Food Sovereignty Nepal_Sunuwar
Food Sovereignty Nepal_Rai - Wombule
Food Sovereignty Nepal_Rai - Bantawa
Food Sovereignty Nepal_Nepal Bhasa
Food Sovereignty Nepal_Magar
Food Sovereignty Nepal_Limbu
Food Sovereignty Nepal_Gurung
Food Sovereignty Nepal_Tharu
The idea of every human being’s ’right to food’ is nothing new these days, however, looking specifically at this idea in relation to Indigenous Peoples is an exciting and important movement that is gaining steam fast, and rightfully so. International conferences, under the title Indigenous Terra Madre, have been held across the globe first in Sweden in 2011 and then India to explore topics related to Indigenous food sovereignty and better spread the vast agricultural knowledge that has been passed down through Indigenous communities for generations.
Indigenous Pathways For Wellbeing
Researcher Elizabeth Hacker describes research about how Indigenous individuals create their own frameworks to define "well-being" to counter Western ideas of well-being. She found three important concepts for Indigenous well being are, Meeting basic material needs; social harmony and sense of belonging; and cultural identity. Dev and Elizabeth discuss examples from her research in India and Kenya.